Children Quote by Franck Ribery

I was worried people would laugh at me when I started to talk the language, but they were just pleasantly surprised that I could.…

— Parminder Nagra

I've had the privilege of learning foreign languages. Instead of merely speaking a watered-down form of my mother tongue, like most people, I'm also…

— Peter Høeg

Sadly, my German is almost non-existent, although I did a little at school.

— Miranda Otto

There is the fear, common to all English-only speakers, that the chief purpose of foreign languages is to make fun of us. Otherwise, you…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

My grandmother was German. She didn't teach any of her children German. She really wanted them to be American. And now, she's since passed…

— Dakota Fanning

Let's just say that most people, when learning a new language, are only interested in 'funny' words.

— Josephine Jobert

I try to make my daughter laugh often. I try to do lots of playdates and be part of her life. It's something I've…

— Lenny Henry

Every German child learns to speak English in school.

— Cornelia Funke

All my life, people have made fun of the way I speak. I guess because a lot of my vocabulary is made up of…

— Gabourey Sidibe

I learnt German as well as English, so by the time I was three my parents has already decided I was a gifted child.

— Gyles Brandreth

My mom taught me German before I knew English. And I went to French immersion school.

— Tatiana Maslany

My mother-in-law speaks not a word of English. I speak not a word of Tajiki. So I smile at her ingratiatingly and she fixes…

— Wilbur Smith